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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-02
were given to the whole body of the PEG.

were given TO the whole body of the PEG.
pie. The assessment OF 1880 gave the val.
ue G,592 million dollars, Allowing II TO be
10000 millions and place the rent at per
cent which Is perhaps fair figure. and
the amount 10 be di, ided would amount 10
about IS year per capita Two cents a
day added TO the poor mans Income would
hardly bring ease and comfort 10 say moth
ing of innocent luxury; and by a further
com putation of incomes II appears that the
ground rent which the New Crusade want
to- appropriate Is only one eighteenth OF
an average per capita income of $l4G. II
this lnfinitesimal increase Of income could
give anything like the immense results
claimed by George ct al, surely that end
might be approximated by just a small
grain of economy. The truth is the suf'
ferer from low wages Is not Mr., Georges
friend, the wage workers Of the cities, but
the farm hands, who get the lowest wages
paid 10 labor; while the farms, should
Georges theories be adopted, would at the
same time be found TO bear the burden OF
a high land tax that would destroy them
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-02

Messrs. Hoffman and Stevens have COM
menced clearing up the ground for the ne"
elevator at Meriden.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-02
ottawa, H.. july 2, 1887.

Ent,r,d at The Post once az Oiturd. HIiH0is, ~
.SecOHd Clds. MAJ Ndtter,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-02

Ex-senator Van Wyck has addressed an
other letter TO the secretary Of the interior,
inviting his attention to certain audacious
land grabs perpetrated by the ST. Joseph
md Western and the Burlington X Mis-
souri, railroads. The former corporation
he charges with securing patents TO 10000
acres OF land, on the pretense that they
would build certain line Of road, for
which, as matter of fact, they never even
broke ground. They gobbled the land
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
Boston and Detroit.


1t was on west-bound train- A Bos-
ton young gentleman had struck up >
conversational acquaintance with .
Detroit young lady.
''Do you like Smollett?"
sII guess I've never seen him.
Who's he wifh?n
The Boston young man started. but.
fearing that he had been misuhde
he needed not the query
..You are surely fond of EeldingP"
he continued.
s.Oh. yes. it viii do = replisd The De-
troit girl, '.but smuggling is what like.
and you just wait till our big four get
after your bean-eaters-theyll make
EN- think it's raining base-balls out in
the back end of your park. - Chicago
Herald
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
HOME AND FARM.

"A dish of hot water set in the
oven prevents cake from scorching.
A glass of salt water. warm OF
cold. taken on rising in the morning.
will cure constipation.
To drive away ants, scrub the
shelves or drawers that they frequent
with. strong carbolic soap. after
which sprinkle red pepper in every
crevice.
While the hens may not protect
an orchard from insects, 1t has been
demonstrated that when poultry are
confined around the trees they will
prove very serviceable in preventing
the attack of insects.
Leg weakness In fowls is the re-
suit of rapid growth, and Is best met
with animal food and tonics. A little
meat of worms should be added to the
food every day and a little tinoture OF
iron dropped in the drinking water. =
Cleveland Leader.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
Gaining on the City.

Perhaps you'd ike to know what
time it is. = remarked a pedestrian who
stopped before a gang of fstreef-cleaners
the other day
..Well. no, soir, - replied one OF the
old men as he slowly and solemnly re-
moved the pipe from his mouth.
..Bnt you used 10 want to know
sThat's so, soir.
Sand what's the matter nowsr
"WelI, soir. the matter j. this. How
long does It take for one OF Us to foind
out the time O day from yousn
ssAbout ten seconds. =
Exactly. soir. Now, how long wiz
it take me to lay down mo hoe. put up
me pipe. get ont me watch and look sc
the tonne for mpself2'
.sFrom four to fve minutes
s.Certainly Il win, and that's where
we gain ON the city. and why I'VE w.
carry watches. ~ Dsiro;z Ezes Ea.s
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
unDERGRouNo PARIS.
Description of visit to the Catacombs Of
the French apffRf


The eataeonbs of Paris are of enor-
nous extent They were originally
stone quarries. and more than one
tenth of the city's extent is honey
eombed by them. Some of them are
said to have been in existence for fif-
teen centuries, but it is only within
the last hundred years that they have
served for purposes of burial Of the
old cemeteries of Paris, the ltrgest aud
most popular was that of the Inno-
cents. comprising not only vaults be
meath the church. bu: great pits for the
use of the common people. where hun
dreds of corpses were buried together.
The place became such a hot-bed OF
disease from overcrowding that sue
eessive edicts were issued prohibiting
further burial there. but it was con-
tinued until the place became abso-
lutely loathsome.
In 1850 it was computed that the
cemetery was twenty-six feet deep in
dead bodies, and at that time. after il
had been used for nearly seven hum
dred years. it was finally closed. As
the site was regarded as center of in
fection. the church was. pulled down.
and the human remains transferred to
the quarries. which received the name
of catacombs.
These underground galleries. to
which the remains of many other
churches have been removed. are un-
der the care of a regular corps of work
men. They have been carefully sur
veyed. and marked by tablets. so that
a skilled person can name the street,
and even the number. of the house
above his head. Without such know
ledge, however. or lacking guide.
woe be to him who attempts exploring
these gruesome labyrinthsl
In 179S the porter of a hospital lying
near one of the seventy stair-cases.
which communicate with the cata-
combs. undertook an Independent tour
of discovery therein. Lantern in hand,
he entered those fearful depths. but he
never returned. and his fate was an
absolute mystery until 1894, when
some workmen discovered his coal
buttons and bunch of keys, in one OF
the less-used passages
The catacombs may now be visited
twice every month. by special permis-
sion of the Chief Engineer of Mines.
The tour is begun by the descent of q
winding staircase of some ninety
steps. 0a reaching the bottom. the
visitor finds himself in
narrow passage, three te
four feet wide and si1
high, cut. like the staircase, in solid
rock. Each visitor being provided
with candle. they march along in
Indian file. Broad vaulted corridor.
are traversed. their walls composed o.
bones tackled upon each other. Indeed,
as far as the eye can reach. bones
only can be seen in endless success.
sion. Tablets erected at intervals
bear the names of the Gem eteries fro n
which the remains at that point have
been taken. while the sandstone
columns supporting the roof are carved
with quotations from the Scriptures
and other appropriate sources. :
Xoxtfs conlpanio1-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
EDUCATION IN Loapon.

Ludfcrous Answers Given by Pupils OF .
TraIa.ns school for Teacherz.
The students who sit for the exami ma
TORS are male and female ex-pupil-
teachers. none of thcm below eightee n
years of age They attend the train-
ing colleges for two years, and then. II
they pass successfully. they become
teachers in elementary schools Many
of them. though practically self-taught.
give in papers hat not every univer .ity
graduate could write. but others are
very deficient-the Welsh students es-
pecially. to whom e igiish IL hardly a
mother tongue The examinations are
conducted by inspectors of schools.
who geperally understand the difficult
lies with which the pupil-teacher has to
cope; but the papers are drawn up By
examiners in the Education Depart
ment in London. who. though adeq Iate
scholars, often make a mess Of It
Many of the answers given By the stu
dents are suggestive as well as ludi-
crous. and these noted below have at
least the merit of being genuine.
Perhaps the standard Is lowest in
English composition Geography and
history papers are, as 4 rule, well an
swered- Bat it would be unreasonable
to expect fine essays from young men
and women who are teaching in a
school all Gay. and have to do their
own studying after a hard days work.
Still. a respectable piece of composition
is expected of them In the examina-
ton paper they are generally given a
wide range of subjrcss 10 choose from.
On one occasion the men stu
dents were asked to write on
ny English sport. One chose
cricket The game of cricket" he
begin. consists of six stumps, two
bats and q ball. Nor should We omit
the balls. which are four in number .
My fayorite walk. . another wrote, ..is
when do not have far to go to it. -
The Beautiful was one of several
subjects offered for the essay. 1T is
beautiful said a female candidate,
ito sit upon a stone in the middle of
hoary ocean" Descriptions of seem
cry these studeat-teachers are ex-
tremely weak in. as rule They are
much more ready to tackle historical
subject though here they are not al
ways happy One jotting in our note
book is: Joan of Arc was rather
pious and very genfeeL"
Milton was the author of ssIhe Ue
serted Village. or the Hamlet Thii
Information was volunteered il
n paper ON Samson Agonistes'
(or. as another student ex
planned. Samson in Agony
Nothing Is more common than the at
tempt to appease the examiner by pro
viling information not asked for. Tn
student is asked when the Battle o
Crecy was fought; he does not know
so he gives the date of Agineourt or o
Flodden- Oilers go about it in NOR
crafty way They dodge the question
so to speak. by giving little essay o.
Crecy Though the date only is asked
and thus introduce Agincourt (witl
date) incidentally. 1t was noticeable
in the paper on Samson Agonistes'
that n large number of students lai1
stress on the fact that s.Samson deal
dole with the jawbone of dead ass
In another paper s.monastry" was de
fined as "a place for monsters. "-St
Jdnies' Gazette.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
Old People PIaring Quits.


There is en- old couple living in tl<is
vicinity. each one past sixty years of
age. who havel for slme reason best
known to themselves. agreed to play
quits. His business is such that,
although a wealthy man and doing
business in this city. he only goes home
once each week. on Saturday evenings,
and remains until Monday. When she
expects the arrival of her uniove lord.
the old lady hies herself to another
house on the same premises. first pro-
viding the transient visitor with an
abundance of food within reach and a
change of raiment. List Christmas
The old In " stated to a friend that as
The old gent like rum she would make
aim present of bottle of choice.
which she accordingly did. leaving it
upon the table where he would find it.
On Monday morning, as soon as her
liege departs, the lady takes possession
for anolh r week. living entirely alone
l'he capss of this strange conduct is
known only TO themselves. Louis
Gfobe- Democrat
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
INDEPEnoENcE DAY, l77s.


Bins. out. glad bells, your merry shine,
Proclaim TO every hnd and CLINE,
On this bright gladstone July morn
A people free. a Nation born.
Nllfme through the city, vile and town,
Regardless OF the tFranf's frown,
Ring out DER woods and mountains Wild
The birth of freedoms benuteous child.
Send udings per the foan-white tide
over the restless waters wide
Where crested hsllows surge and swell
Thy holy echoes. blithesome bell;
Like timbrei sound across the sea,
Columbta's hymn OF liberty
Her psalm OF Independence.
Peal, cannons peal, the glad news forth.
Proclaim IL 10 the frigid North;
Beleh from your every iron mouth
The summons to the sunny South.
on fash the glorious news abroad
From warm Key West TO cold Cape Cod.
Let the report OF freedoms gun
BE heard at glorfousdx exington,
And from the Atlnntic's billowy breast
Send the glad tidings to the West,
Across the prairie and the brake,
From Boston Bay TO Erie's lake.
And Let Niagara's thunder song,
The glory Of thy theme prolong;
Columbia's independence.
Let brilliant watchtires gleam tonight
Upon the mountains dizzy height,
On every hill. MT every post,
On every headlaud round the coast;
On all the crossways through the land,
On every beach, on every strand.
Showing their signals. white and red,
From Mason's Bay to Hilton Head,
And fash from every rocky steep,
Along the Atlantics seething deep;
And nom each rrddy flame shall glow
Freedom s defiance 70 the foe,
And light the u1idnight's darizling hazs
Till Piymouth's Rock reflects the blaze
OF sacred Independence
Speed bounding bark with flowing sail,
Publish the tiiinrs on the gale,
and let IL spread from sea 10 sea,
America 70 lead the free
Conceived in fire. in the Wild fame
or contest waged in freedoms name.
Rorn in the battles mnd ming strife,
And proudly ushcrrd into life
Amid the craze OF wars alarms,
And cradled in warriors arms.
In revolutlon's fiery food:
Baptized in freedoms sea OF blood
Her font . helmet-iE hcr hand
Bantfsnnaa yift-a battle brnr1
The first slirfil sounds that met her ears
We're freedom guns and freemen's cheers
F0 we.corne Independence
Hark the glad sound Of music sweet,
from happy crowds that thrnng the street.
With Wild delight and niirthfni giee
They chant the anthem OF the free.
With bugia. horn. with drum and fife,
Hailfng <arior. born 10 life.
This holiday OF freedoms world,
Bright with her banners now uafuried,
Let It resound Ger cape and hay
Greet ng the Nations natal day,
Reverbcra.c each song and cheer
Till the old town 81 Concord hear
The glorious strains. til strsarn and rili
Send echoes back TO Bunker f1sil
OF lasting Independence
Chart = y. Bf1fffs. IL IHfsr Ocsd1-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23


Churches In the United States
grow in number at the rate of ten a
day, it is said.
The Vermont State Agricultural
college has '.winter class" for farm
ers, capital idea.
The Baptist ministers of Brooklyn
have formed an organization for the
discussion of topics of general interest
The ubiquitous small boy has be-
gun to lay his annual contribution of
posies on the teachers desk. only to be
rewarded later in the season by having
his baseball and marbles confscated.-
Portland Advertiser.
. AT meeting of the Woman's
Bo nj of Missions, in Boston, the treas
urer, Miss Emma Carruth, reported
the receipts for the year at shout $47,-
900. Of which $1,000 are in legacies.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
Liability o. Railroads.

A new ground forsuit against rail-
way company has just been established
in Falce. A painter named Board.
while travelling on the P.lris-Lyons
road. was attacked by robber and
seriously wounded. He sued and got
damages. the company being held re-
sponsiblc because the construction OF
the ears did not afford sufficient pro-
lection. Tho judges decided that
there was a genuine contract between
the passenger and the company, the
ticket constituting the written instru-
ment, and that the railroad people
were bound by it, not only TO bring
the man to his destination. but also to
afford hlm protection during his Jour
ncy; and they refused 10 entertain the
question that the company were as
obliged TO conf, ,rm 10 the rules of the
administration in regard to the model
of the cars. N r Sun.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23
piscrimination in Words.

Pretty refers to external beauty on a
small scale. Grace of manner is a
natural gift; elegance implies cultiva-
tion. Well bred is referable to general
conduct rather than individual actions.
Beautiful is the strongest word of its
class. implying softness ueid delicaey in
addition 10 every thing that is in
similar words. Courtesy has reference
to others. politeness to ourselves. The
former is duty or privilege to others,
the latter is behavior assumed from
proper self-rcspect. Benevolent refers
to the character OF the agent acting.
beneficent to the act performed.
Charitable is restricted to almsgiving
except when used in reference to iudg-
ment of others. Lovely is used only
where there is something more than ex-
ternal beauty, when there is combine
ton of personal beauty and pleasing
manner. Faultless features do not
make a lady louely who is disagreeablo
in disposition. on.-Journal of Education.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-09-23

M PhilIippoteaux, the french
painter, has been engaged for six
years to paint huge pictures for cyclo-
ramic exhibition in the chief cities of
Europe. The first will represent Nj
agara Falls. and will be shown in Lon
don next fall.
Allen G. Thurman has the best as
sortment of chickens in the neighbor-
hood, and takes good care of them;
but. with all his wealth, he keeps no
horses. Mrs. Thurman 10 afraid TO
ride, and her husband does not care
to.-Boston Globe.
"A Philadelphia car-buiidIng COM
pany has nearly completed contract
for building $50 cars of various kinds
for railway company on the La Plata
river region, in South America The
road is two hundred miles long, travers-
ing level plateau similar to the western
frontier. Each car is drawn by three
horses, which are changed at stations
ten miles apart. The road is operated
much cheaper by horsepower than by
steam, as coal is $12 ton and horses
only $50 head. Some of the cars are
sIeepsrs. with two tiers of berths, the
upper one being closed up to the CELL
Ing in tho daytime. and the lower
transformed into seats.
Morris tribune., 1887-01-26
laving fired the house.

A panther weighing eighty-five pounds was
killed on the outskirts Of Peoria, Ills, Friday
morning.
Postmaster J. B. Button, of Augusta, Wis,
has been removed, owing to irreguI arities and
| a shortage in his accounts.
Indications, it is stated, point to immense
quantities Of oil and natural gas in the
Roanoke City, Va, section.
The boiler in fouring-mill at Dexter,
Iowa, exploded Friday morning, fatally in
juring the proprietor, w. r. Manlsby.
The nineteenth annual meeting of the
National Woman Suffrage association will
be held in Washington Jan. 25, 2G and 81
The entire privileges CT the Latonia race
track for 1887 were purchased Friday by
MIR. Charles White, of Lexington, for S.,
600.
Minister McLane has been petitioned TO
visit England during the jubilee just because
he danced with England's queen when his
father was minister under jackson.
The Bardeen Paper company, with paid
up capital of $l5O,00O, has been organized at
Kalamazoo and will erect a large paper-min
at Otsego, Allegan county, Michigan.
John L. Gallatin, alias J. L. Parker, who
absconded from Marion, Ind, last December,
was arrested at York, Pa, in which place
his parents and relatives are leading citi-
Zens.
The duke of Sutherland, who is now in
Washington, owns 1926, 900 acres of land in
this country, besides holding an undisputed
title to little patch in England of 1,35S,-
b45 acres.
Morris tribune., 1887-01-26
Senator Evarts In a Rage.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan 2A-During the
debate in the executive session. Friday,
which was on the prosed extradition treaty
with Great Britain, it Is reported that the
discussion took decidedly acrimonious
turn. Evarts was defending the treaty and
in the course Of his speech made some face
tious remarks about the doodle" aldermen,
and the necessity of having an extradition
treaty that would enable them to be brought
back .l-:' f-a. .-
II wouldn't give up one decent Irishman
to England for hundred Doodle aldermeni"
shouted Riddleberger. .r....
Evarts became spsechless with anger at
this interruption, while Edmunds is reported
to have retorted on Riddleberger: There
are no decent Irishmen engaged in blowing
up innocent people with dynamite :"
Evarts finished his speech abruptly and
left the senate chamber in great rage.
Morris tribune., 1887-01-26
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

Resolution Calling for Railway Informa-
tion Adversely Reported.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. A.-In the house
Saturday Hammond of Georgia, from the
Judiciary committee, adversely reported the
resolution calling on the attorney general
for information as to the legal authority un.
der which the Union Pacific railroad direct
ors consolidated that road with the Kansas
Pacific and Denver Pacific railroads, and re-
organized the same under the name of the
Union Pacific Railroad company, and under
this name issued stock and trust loans; laid
on the table. 1.-THE accompanying
report states that the information
requested in the resolution will be
had il the joint resolution which passed the
house q few days ago becomes q law. This
resolution calls for the investigation of the
accounts Of the Pacific railroads.. The re-
port further asserts that for seventy years
past IL has been held that the attorney gem
sral can not legally furnish information
asked by congress or its committeesl
The District Of Columbia appropriation
bln was referred to the committee Of the
whole. It appropriates s3,6s9, ,929-over
eS0t', 900 less team the estimates and 800, 600
more than for the current year. The in
CIeaS6 u pTLuclpauy koF In0 Improvement OF
streets and public schools, but no reference
10 made Cor street extension.
LAffoon Of Kentucky reported the bill for
feitinS land granted to the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge & Vicksburg railway and con.
nrming the titles OF certain plots Of this land
purchased by settlers Of the company. The
hifI was passed.
Z Hill OF Ohio adversely reported the bill to
open land communication with Alaska; ta-
bled
Wallace Of Louisiana offered resolution
which was adopted, reciting that the presi-
dsnt and senate have ratified convention
by which the treaty between the United
States and the Hawaiian islands has been
extended seven years, and that the treaty
has provision for the admission of certain
articles free Of duty; the resolution instructs
the judiciary committee to inquire into the
facts and inform the house whether treaty
which involves the rate Of duty to be i'm
posed on any article can be binding without
the concurrence Of the house.
Morris tribune., 1887-01-26
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
RECORD OF DEEDS COMMITTED BY
SATAN's DEPUTIES.

A Mysterious Disappearance at Toledo
OhiO-Disgracefui Proceedings of Indi-
ana Regulators Fatal Shooting ARRAY
In Texas Sentenced for Murder-Mis-
cellaneous Criminalities.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 24.-Thursday night
John Printz, boiler maker from Cincinnati,
who is in Toledo putting a big boiler IN
Lenx's brewery, accompanied Anna Myers
and Mrs. Maggie Ellis to the Peoples thea
tre On tho way home the two girls and the
man drank beer and had q spree, taking IN
one of the breweries. Friday morning Mrs.
Ellis was missing from her boarding house
and no trace of her can be found, although
the police have been at work on the case.
What lends an air Of mystery to the
affair Is that Mrs. Ellis shoes and other arti-
cles Of clothing were found scattered over
the snow near Flick's boarding house, where
she worked. An attempt was made to ascer-
tain from Anna Myers something of the
whereabouts Of her companions, but Anna
was found in bed very sick and unable to
give any coherent account of the proceedings
Of the previous night. She claimed that she
had been drugged during the night while
they were drinking.